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Ed, I actually read through some of your older posts on the topic….unfortunately after I had committed to the calf. Seriously, I’m pretty stubborn (I can feel the eyes rolling in the room) and expect to get the job done….whether I decide to never attempt it again or not:rolleyes:!

I like DL’s suggestions of being present at an uncomfortable yet tolerable distance for feed or water and working from there. I don’t think of that as a bribe, more like incentive ‘to try’ being alittle closer or alittle calmer.

I already do this to an extent. When I enter the stall, I wait until she has stopped thrashing and threatening and is standing quietly before I leave. This is just natural to me because of my experience with horses. They learn from the point of release. If you leave while they are threatening, you teach them to threaten. From what I have heard so far, cows learn similarly.

If I ever get a halter on this girl, I might try the tractor trick. Sounds safer for me and certainly more reliable in regard to moving her from place to place if I get that far. But we are a long way off from any leading skills:(.

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@Scott G 21638 wrote:

$180 Reb, for all 3 days and they feed you …

Good deal, Great time

Registration link http://www.mofga.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=1Aatj%2bBnzgk%3d&tabid=297

Feed you..is an understatement! There is no way they make any money on this event! It is a priceless experience!

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@Scott G 21610 wrote:

Probably best that I’m not bringing one of my saws. They typically run @ 8,500′ – 9,500′ elevation. They wouldn’t be able to run in an environment that actually had oxygen. For that matter, don’t know how I’ll do. Might just have to take a big bite/gulp of air when I land in Bangor and that’ll do me for the week…:D

I’ll bring a pack of cigarettes:eek: Just for medicinal purposes, of course.

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Reno and I will be there. Shaping up to be a very fun group….

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@near horse 20498 wrote:

I’m planning on being at NEAPFD and would like to assist w/ the breakfast

Wow! That’s awesome…and quite a drive! You bringing that moonshadow fellow with you?

Don’t worry about bringing food. I’ll find something fun and useful for you to do. Thank you! PM me your email address so I can include you in our preparation discussions. Jennifer.

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Thank you Erik and Good Companion Bakery! The stove is awesome! I cooked on it last year and had a blast! Hopefully, we can talk Erik into some croissants or something else yummy while its here.

And yes, it still needs a ride to the event. So anyone coming down from that area who has some room, let us know. The stove needs to arrive Thursday afternoon.

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Coming in late to this conversation, but wanted to weigh in since we live so close to each other, Ed. I had what I believe was early blight last year. As soon as I decided what it was, I pulled all the above ground plant and bagged it, per the extension recommendations. Needless to say I was disappointed…initially. But my potato crop was affected only minimally. I dug up beautiful taters in late September…..just smaller than usual. We had potatoes till May. They held up in my pathetic excuse for a root cellar
Without any evidence of fungus.

Let me know what happens. I moved my taters far away from last years patch and am watching them carefully. I have a few beetles, but nothing devastating yet. Jennifer

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@Carl Russell 18913 wrote:

, but the britchen…WTF.. might as well not even have it on..

HAHA! I didn’t even notice, my first run through! When I went back and looked specifically at the britchen…I laughed my ass off! How could I have missed that! Maybe he never goes downhill?

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I thought they were a very well presented team and did not think any part of it was out of control. I thought the logging rolling bit was awesome and would do it myself if the occasion arose (though I have not tried that before). Just another arrow for the quiver. I’ll be interested to hear from some loggers about the technique.

Thanks for posting it! Jen

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See guys can get away with looking cool doing that…:eek:

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@Countymouse 18876 wrote:

By the way, is it mostly the urine smell that is repelant or does there have to be an intimidating doggy presence as well? I have a couple pugs, and I would laugh if a deer (or anything for that matter) ran away from them, but maybe deer wouldnt know that the urine came from a silly little dog…

I think it is the smell or marking of territory. We only have one big dog and he is new. Two yorkies that weigh less than 5 lbs and two toy poodle crosses, maybe 10-15 lbs each. So size doesn’t really matter. Interestingly we just installed an invisible fence for them to keep them out of the road and pasture. I wonder if the deer will come back to the pasture. Thankfully all the garden is within the perimeter. Good Luck. Take your pugs for a walk!

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You need dogs, Andy. They need to piss on the perimeter of your fields. I had oodles of deer my first year here. With 5 dogs on the place….have only seen them in the distance since. They don’t come near the house or my crops.

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I wonder if it is possible that horses in New England and the east coast have some tolerance to red maple since they are exposed to it regularly. Seems like a plausible explanation for why these horses got sick so fast, compared to those horses eating red maple leaves regularly. I see my horses eating red maple leaves occasionally. Something to think about when bringing horses east from the desert. Very sad. Jennifer.

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@jac 18690 wrote:

When I mention it to most folks they seem to think all you’re doing is running the horses with no shoes..not so…totaly different trim to what our farrier calls a pasture trim..
John

This is a point alot of people miss, John. I use the ‘high performance barefoot trim’ they discuss on the ‘barefoot for soundness’ site. Not only do I rarely need shoes (yes there are times when shoes are beneficial), the horses have no transition time when I do choose to shoe. Keep in mind, I only shoe for specific jobs….skijoring for instance, where speed is crucial…..and only for short periods (less than 12 weeks). When I pulled my skijoring horse’s shoes in March, we were off running down gravel roads the next week.

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Another amazing video. Thanks, Bivol.

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